5. Events: In early December 2017, we will host a data showcase event in NYC with up to 20 alternative data companies presenting and up to 50 exhibiting.

6. Did you know? Eagle Alpha has a dialogue with 226 asset managers around the world (as at end July 2017). We think this is an interesting bottoms-up statistic regarding the number of firms currently using, and are interested in, alternative data.

3. Case study of the week: Eagle Alpha predicted PayPal’s strong Q2 with the use of email receipt data.

4. Events: Detailed synopsis of our two events this week (recruitment, legal) will be available to clients of our Thought Leadership package.

5. Vendor access: Eagle Alpha is working on a major data showcase event to be held in New York.

6. Did you know? Using App data we found that iOS data correlates better with company revenues compared to Android data.

7. Articles of the week: 1) WorldQuant: Discovering the hidden world of alternative data; 2) DataSift and LinkedIn: A new angle for social media analytics; 3) The science of artificial intelligence and alternative data isn’t fiction anymore.

5. Did you know? Setting up an automated crawl that pulls in information on a regular basis is quite challenging due to several factors, e.g. the ever-evolving formats of online marketplaces.

6. Articles of the week: 1) The role of data in gaining valuable financial insights; 2) Can small quant shops compete with the big dogs? 3) Putting biases to work can be a strategy for better investment decision-making.

5. Did you know? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to be implemented in May 2018, does not prohibit the use of automated profiling, but individuals will have the right to opt out.

6. Articles of the week: 1) Barclays on machine learning in hedge funds; 2) Investors using satellite and cell phone data; 3) The U.S. slowly submitting to the EU’s 2018 privacy law; 4) Citadel hired a new head of AI from Microsoft.